CareTether

Wearable monitoring system for falls, heart rate and blood oxygen. Built during Patch and tested with users. From the initial idea to a working manufactured PCB took about five weeks.

This was my first PCB design.

CareTether V2 enclosed wearable and strap resting in a hand. — V2

CareTether V1 with a taped battery and development-board electronics. — V1

CareTether PCB with its components and connectors on black fabric. — CareTether PCB

CareTether worn on a seated user-testing participant's wrist. — Seated user testing

CareTether worn on a user-testing participant's wrist in a kitchen; only the torso and hands are shown. — Kitchen user testing

Demo

Staged fall followed by a phone alert.